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CHARLES STEl/VART SCHENCK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

APPARATUS FOR DISCHARG NG AN D CONVEYING COAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,872, dated August27, 1889.

Application filed June 3, 1887. Serial No. 240,138. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES STEWART SOHENCK, of the city, county, andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Apparatus forDischarging and Conveying Coal or other Material, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an apparatus for delivering coal, grain, sand,or other material from vessels more particularly, and has for its objectto provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive apparatus by whichcargoes may be discharged at various pointsof delivery, or material maybe transferred in factories or other structures, and wherebySllbStLllCGSlllEt) be handled with economy of time and labor.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction andcombinations of parts of the apparatus, comprising the system ofconveyance and discharge, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional elevation of acoal-barge to which my improved apparatus for discharging and conveyingmaterial is applied, and with parts broken away. Fig. 2 is a transversevertical sectional elevation taken on the line a: m, Fig. 1, and drawnto a larger scale; and Fig. 3 is a plan View of one end of thecoal-barge and apparatus thereon, drawn to the same scale as in Fig. 2.-

Although I herein show and describe my invention as applied to use indischarging coal from a barge or boat, the system maybe practiced toadvantage in unloading grain, sand, or other substances from vessels,and also for conveying material in storage-warehouses and other places.

The hull of the coal-barge A may have any ordinary form and suitabletonnage capacity. At the longitudinal center of the hull and above theinner planking or sheathing a, which covers the transversely-ranginghulltimbers a, a chute or trough B is built preferably for quite thefull length of the barge, and opens at each end into wells ordepressions 0 cl, which communicate with upright shafts C D, in whichbucket-elevators E F are adapted to operate. These elevators arepreferably arranged at opposite ends of the barge, and may have anyapproved construction. The trough B is continued upward at B B fromopposite ends of its bottom portion B, and thence extends to the centerof the barge by portions B B which range along over the deck of thebarge. About where the trough portions B B meet, ornear the fore-and-aftcenter of the barge, a discharge spout or chute G is attached to thetrough, and is preferably made as a swivelspout, which may be swungaround to discharge coal from the trough at any desired place, eitherdirectly or through intermediately-arranged pipes or conduits.

WVithin the trough B B B a conveyer H, consisting of flights or platesh, attached to chain-links h, is arranged to travel over suitablesprocket-wheels I, journaled at the angles of the trough. \Vith thisconstruction the conveyer Il may be operated in the trough to carry coalor other material along the trough to either of the elevator-wells c d,or to the a shaft 0, which extends upward through the barge-deck, andhas a hand-wheel 0 or equivalent device by which the shaft may be turnedto open or close the gate. It is obvious that, the gate or gates Nanywhere along the vessel may be opened to discharge the cargo into thetrough B from any particular part of the barge or from all parts of itat once, as may be most desirable or necessary. The gate-operatingshafts 0 will preferably pass through pipecasings P, to protect theshat-ts and connected gearing from clogging up with coal or othermaterial with which the barge is loaded.

The elevator E and the conveyer II will preferably be operated by boltsR S, respect ively, which run from pulleys on the shaft 6 of the upperbucket-belt and a pulley i on the shaft of the adjacent conveyer-wheel Ito pulleys on the driving-shaft of an engine T, which may, with itsboiler 25, be a self-contained motor carried on the barge; or, ifpreferred, belts 'r s, leading to the elevator and conveyer drivingpulleys may extend outward and, as will be understood from the dottedlines in Fig. 3 of the drawings, to pass over driving-pulleys of anengine on a float or wharf. WVhen the elevator-buckets rise at the outerside of the leg B of the trough, one of the beltspreferably theconveyer-belt S- will be crossed, as shown most clearly in Fig. 1 of thedrawings, to give upward motion of the conveyer H through the part orleg 13 of the trough. The drawings show a motor T at one end of thebarge; but a like motor may be provided at each end of the vessel forworking the conveyer in either direction, or the same motor T may beshifted from one end of the vessel to the other, as may be desired.

Next each of the elevators a discharge-spout U is supported pivotally atthe top of a post V, fixed to the barge, and in a manner to receive thecoal or other material from the elevator-buckets and automaticallydischarge it into a hopper WV, opening at its bottom into the upper partB of the conveyer-trough when the spout is. adjusted as shown in fulllines in the drawings; but when the spout is swung around to theposition indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3 of the drawings it willdischarge the material it receives from the elevator directly intoanother spout or chute a on the wharf or elsewhere, or, it may be,directly into wagons standing below the spout u.

It will be understood that the use of an elevator at each end of thebarge is not essential, as the cargo may be fully discharged through thespout G by the use of a single elevator, but providing the two elevatorspromotes convenience in discharging the cargo; hence their use is atpresent preferred. We will suppose, for example, that the conveyer H isbeing moved along the trough in the direction indicated by the arrows 1in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Any one or more of the gates N will beopened, and the coal or other cargo will pass into the trough and willbe carried forward by the conveyer H, and will fall into the elevatorwell or pocket 0, and will be immediately raised by the buckets of theelevator E and discharged therefrom into the spout U.

Should it be desired to carry the coal to the discharge-spout G, thespout U will be adjusted to discharge the elevated coal into theadjacent hopper NV and upper portion B of the trough, and the conveyerII will again act on the coal to carry it forward to discharge at thespout G, as will readily be understood. To discharge the coal directlyfrom the spout U, it will be adjusted as shown in dotted lines, and ashereinbefore described.

Should the conveyer H be moving along the trough in the direct-ion ofthe arrows 2 in Fig. 1 of the drawings, when the gates N are opened thecoal will be carried by the conveyer H along the trough B to the well d,and will be raised by the elevator F and discharged therefrom into theadjacent spout U, to be passed from it either to the upper part B of thetrough for discharge at the spout G, or directly outboard to the spoutu, or into a wagon below the spout.

Experience has proved that a conveyer made of flights or platesconnected to operating links or chains and running in a trough or chuteis quite liable to clog when it is attempted to lift coal, grain, sand,or other loose, lumpy, or granular material vertically or up asteeply-inclined trough; but bucketelevators are especially adapted forthis vertical or steep-grade lifting; hence by combinin g the flightconveyer and bucket-elevator substantially in the manner above describedI am able to quickly and economically discharge cargoes of vessels orlift and convey coal or other loose granular material without waste ofit and with economy of time and labor.

It is immaterial whether the elevator be placed outside of or beyond thevertical or steeply inclined leg B of the conveyertrough, as shown inthe drawings, or at the other side of the leg and off a little laterallyfrom the leg, the bottom or well 'of which would then be inclined tolead the material to the elevator-buckets, as will readily beunderstood.

Havingthus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an apparatus for discharging and conveying coal or other material,the combination, with an endless-belt conveyer discharging into a wellor pocket, of a bucket-elevator lifting the material from the well, anda chute receiving the material from the elevator and delivering it tothe upper trough in which the conveyer-belt works for carriage by theconveyer to a distant point of discharge, substantially as herein setforth.

2. In an apparatus for discharging and conveying coal or other material,the combination, with an endless-belt conveyer discharging into a wellor pocket, of a bucket-elevator lifting the material from the well, anda chute pivoted to turn sidewise and receiving the material from theelevator, and adapted to discharge the elevated material either to theupper trough in which the conveyer-belt works for carriage to a distantpoint of discharge, or to discharge said material directly,substantially as described, for the purposes set forth.

3. In an apparatus for discharging and conveying coal or other materialfrom vessels, the following elements in combination: a trough B B Bhaving gated openings M N and opening into wells or pockets 0 d at eachend of the trough portion B, an endless conveyer H, working in thetrough and adapted to deliver material to either well 0 d, and twobucket-elevators E F, either of which is adapted to lift the materialfrom said wells and deliver it to points of discharge, substantially asherein set forth.

4. In an apparatus for discharging and conveying coal or other materialfrom vessels, the following elements in combination: a trough B B 13having gated openings M N and opening into wells or pockets 0 cl at eachend of the trough portion B, an endless deliver it either to the uppersection B of the conveyer-trough or outboard for direct discharge,substantially as shown and described.

CHARLES STEWART SCHENCK. Witnesses:

HENRY L. GOODWIN, EDGAR TATE.

